Does anyone have any estimates as to how many people are waitlisted and what fraction they usually take off the WL? Sorry if it's a hard question, I'd just like to know my chances!
I gotchu. (Everything I have written here is based on people posting on SDN)
So last year's forum had 16 people on the waitlist. 11 of those people were eventually taken off the waitlist, the remaining 5 had either gone to school elsewhere or I have no idea what happened to them. Its interesting that most of the people taken off the waitlist were taken off pre 4/30, even back in February. But they also had those very late May Interviews, so it may not be the best comparism.
This year we have had 5 people already taken off the waitlist, however this class size is larger and there are more people openly declining their acceptance here than last year (8 people last year vs 20 people this year), which should bode well for us, fingers crossed. I am unsure if they are accepting to the previous capacity (98) or to the new capacity (120) yet.
I have no idea what they plan to do with those they have ghosted. Based on the posts of last year, applicants did not deal with that situation. Hopefully, it's just holding spots until the building is up and running (which should be soon?), but pessimistically, it may be important to mention there were multiple people who posted they received a rejection post interview in last years thread, yet none in this year's thread.
I know the best thing to do right now is to work on next cycle's application, but the nervous energy I have is off the charts. As mentioned in many other posts, it is likely that waitlist movements have been a snail's pace this past week due to the whole pandemic. We aren't alone, many other schools seem to also have slow movement in their waitlist.
PS this is may flower from before, i just changed my name because I felt like it. If you want even more details you can PM me LOL
